The entire British Expeditionary Force is the most elite unit of Britain, this is the British Jinhua, if this force is consumed on the European continent, the future of Britain is not optimistic.

The departure of the most capable and war-tested large number of officers and soldiers who have graduated from the regular military academies will be a great disaster for the British, and it will be a hundred times more difficult to reorganize the troops if these troops are wiped out.

This is not the ancient era when picking up a kitchen knife and tying a sharp iron bar to a bamboo pole can be used as a weapon, and the professional military team is quite important.

As for the navy, now there is no choice, the construction of the navy will take time, they will have to wait for the last year before there will be new warships, and this is still if the other side does not interfere.

Even, the most pessimistic prediction, the key task of Britain in the next stage is to defend the homeland, defend the English Channel, and wait for the Germans to attack.

At this time, an excellent army is the most important, and even a navy in your own hands is worth it!

Ramsay's will is very strong, even if he is on the navy, he will save his own army!

"Then we need air supremacy." Lieutenant Commander Jack Krausstang said: "The sorties of our naval ships are meaningful only if we have seized air supremacy over the Straits, otherwise the warships we send will only become prey to the German dive bombers." ”

Stuka, roaring over the whole of Europe, the characteristic howling is the impression of World War II, and at the same time, this dive bomber, attacking warships, is also unambiguous.

If air supremacy is not seized, the dispatch of the navy will be meaningless.

In the previous wars, they have not been able to effectively control air supremacy, and the German air force is too strong, BF109 and F190, flying wantonly in the French sky, can not stop them at all!

But now, they must seize air supremacy, that is, air supremacy over the strait, and it only makes sense for the Navy to dispatch under the protection of the Air Force.

"Admiral Dowding, will provide us with air supremacy." "Now, we don't have time to wait, and once the expeditionary force loses faith, it will be easy for them all to surrender," Ramsay said. ”

Although reluctant at the time, Admiral Dowding had no choice but to pull out his fighter unit and help seize air supremacy!

Time is running out, and when the last hope is gone, the British Expeditionary Force in the encirclement will easily embark on the road of surrender.

Immediately, right now, prepare the warship!

At the same time as the Navy was preparing its warships, the fighter units of the Air Force began to take off.

It's not that General Dowding doesn't know how to analyze it from the perspective of the interests of Britain as a whole, it's just that he sees it farther.

When France lost the war, Britain itself became the last and most critical strategic point, and the Germans would definitely try to conquer Britain.

And the initial arrival, it is definitely bombers, then, the British fighter force, will have a very heavy task, they have to protect their own airspace!

And now, he had a premonition of how tricky the situation would be, and every pilot and fighter under his command was precious.

Dowding's vision was long-term, and he had a premonition of danger just after the Germans began to develop the BF109, and with his strong support, Marcel successfully transformed the racing aircraft into a fighter jet.

Even, just before all sorts of technical glitches were overcome, he had already placed an order, and he knew that there was no time to wait.

That's Spitfire.

The biggest difference with the Spitfire in history is that Rolls-Royce went bankrupt, and the Merlin engine needed for the Spitfire has died in nothing, and even many technicians have gone to Germany.

However, the profound great power heritage is shown at this time, Ciric can stop the Merlin engine, but he can't stop the Centaur engine, this advanced air-cooled engine, is installed on the Spitfire, the 1800 horsepower engine, has long been Spitfire's good maneuverability, completely comparable to the German fighters!

However, until now, the heat dissipation problem of the Spitfire's air-cooled engine has not been completely solved, so the Spitfire pilots have more reason to fly with the cockpit canopy open.

When it was first developed, Dowding placed an order for 300 aircraft, and after that, orders were placed one after another, and so far, more than 2,000 orders have been placed.

Of these, 1,160 are from the Ultra Marlin Company, while Le Fay's car factory is also around 1,000. However, due to the delay in the delivery of engines, the total production of Spitfire is less than 500 so far!

These 500 Spitfires are far from enough to defend the skies over Britain, according to Dowding's ideas, at least 10,000! In particular, tens of thousands of experienced pilots are needed!

And now, Churchill gave an order for him to fully cooperate with the generator operation, in this case, he had no choice, and with all his might, he mobilized more than 200 Spitfires and flew to the airfield on this side of the channel.

The rest of the squadron, he could not be mobilized, because it was still flying Spitfire, it had just been equipped for a few months, and if he drove them to the battlefield, it would be almost the same as sending them to death, and at the same time, he did not transfer other fighter units, and flew the troops of the old biplanes, didn't it serve the Germans to increase the results of the battle?

Lee Air Force Base.

A sharp voice, echoing over the entire base, is the clarion call for battle!

After hearing the sound of sortie, all the pilots ran out of the preparation room and ran to the tarmac, where there were fighters that they had just finished maintenance and could be dispatched at any time.

Here, three flying squadrons, the 19th, 66th, and 611th squadrons, all of them are the latest Spitfires.

The nose of the fuselage is held high, and compared with the historical Spitfire, its nose is significantly larger.

At the front of the pack was Henry Carson, the squadron leader of the 19th Squadron, a tall Scotsman with blond hair who was covered in his flight cap as he ran.

Climbing into his fighter, parachuting on his back and fastening his seat belt, he shouted to the ground crew: "Stay away, get ready to start the engine." ”

He was busy in the cockpit for a while, first pumping oil by hand two or three times, and then pressing the activated electromagnetic switch.

"Buzz, buzz." The engine in front emitted black smoke, and it took time for this multi-cylinder engine to start.

After puffs of black smoke burst out, finally, all the cylinders were working normally.

The ground crew gestured to him to signal that the engine was OK, and he released his brakes and slid towards the runway.